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Nartheciaceae
Nartheciaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG III system places it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG IV (2016) it includes 35 species of herbaceous plants in the following five genera:

Narthecium ossifragum
species of plant

Narthecium
Narthecium is a Eurasian and North American genus of herbaceous flowering plants. This genus was traditionally treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, but the APG II system of 2003 placed it in the family Nartheciaceae.

Aletris
Aletris, the colicroot, colicweed, crow corn, or unicorn root, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Nartheciaceae, native to North America and to eastern and southeastern Asia, especially China. It was used as a component in Lydia Pinkham's original Vegetable Compound.

Aletris farinosa
species of plant

Narthecium americanum
species of plant
Nietneria
Nietneria is a genus of plants in the Nartheciaceae. It has two known species, both native to northern South America.
Aletris aurea
herb species
Aletris lutea
species of plant
Narthecium asiaticum
species of plant

Narthecium californicum
species of plant
Lophiola
Lophiola is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern North America. It has variously been placed in the Liliaceae, the Haemodoraceae, the Tecophilaeaceae or the Nartheciaceae.
Aletris bracteata
species of plant
Aletris obovata
species of plant